176 Norra Carotina Troops, 1861-’65.

Run. Colonel Galloway, of the Twenty-second Regiment,
who was temporarily in command of Scales’ Brigade, sent
Companies I, L, and M, of that regiment—all of Randolph
County—under command of Captain ©. F. Siler, of Com-
pany M, to hold a woods a little in advance on his right. An
ammunition wagon had broken down near by and Captain
Siler had several boxes of cartridges carried to his line and
distributed. From this position he repelled with his small
command, two attacks of a full regiment, and held it until he
was ordered to retire. Captain Siler was an excellent man
and officer, equally at home in a fight or a revival, and ef-
ficient in both.

Colonel Thos. S. Galloway is still living. His residence
is now in Somerville, Tenn.

Dr. Benj. A. Clark, of Warren County, who was with the
Twenty-second Regiment as Assistant Surgeon, or as Surgeon,
during the entire war, reported in the Spring of 1865 that,
up to that time, the death roll of the regiment amounted to
580.

It is worthy of note that the brunt of the fight on the right,
in the first day’s struggle at the Wilderness in May, 1864,
was borne by Heth’s and Wilcox’s divisions of A. P. Hill’s
Corps. They maintained their positions and repelled all at-
tacks all day, of a superior force, successfully. The Twenty-
second Regiment was in Wilcox’s Division, and was heavily
engaged.

_ The Twenty-second Regiment served throughout the war in
the Army of Northern Virginia, and participated actively in
every action of consequence in which that army was engaged,
except the first battle of Manassas.

At Seven Pines, Company A, of the regiment, took into
action one hundred men, of whom eighteen were killed, or
mortally wounded, besides the Captain, Thos. F. Jones. At
Shepherdstown four were killed out of thirty engaged. At
Chancellorsville eight out of thirty-five; at Gettysburg four
out of thirty.

Tn all, out of about 180 who served with the company
during the whole period of the war, 44 were killed outright,
10 were discharged as disabled by wounds, 13 were dis-

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charged under the provisions of the Conscript Act, and 23
died of sickness.

Private A. J. Dula, of Company A, was standing very
near General ‘‘Stonewall” Jackson when the latter received
his death wound at Chancellorsville.

In Vol. 125, “Official Records Union and Confederate
Armies,” p. 816, claim is made by Corporal Thomas Cullen,
of Company I, Eighty-second New York Volunteers, that he
captured the flag of the Twenty-second North Carolina Regi-
ment in the fight at Bristoe Station, Va., 14 October, 1863,
“while advancing under fire.” The claim is a very absurd one,
and looks like a bid by the corporal for a little notoriety at the
expense of the truth. The Twenty-second North Carolina
regiment was not in the engagement at Bristoe at all, nor did
any part of Scales’ Brigade participate in that action. In
further proof, if it were needed, the statement of the Colonel
then in command of the Twenty-second Regiment, with re-
gard to the claim, is appended, and it will be seen that his
denial of the claim is most positive. His remarks are in re-
ply to an inquiry from the writer who wished to have the Col-
onel’s official corroboration of his own knowledge of the facts
in the case:

“Tn reply I have to say, and I do so emphatically, that the
statement is untrue. I was, at the time of that action, Colo-
nel in command of the Twenty-second Regiment North Caro-
lina Troops, and know positively that my regiment was not en-
gaged at Bristoe at all. We did not arrive on the field until
the fighting was over. I can further state that the Twenty-
second North Carolina Regiment never lost a flag while I
commanded it, from 23 September, 1863, to Appomattox.

“Very truly your friend,
“Tromas S. GaLLoway,
“Tate Colonel Twenty-seeond Regiment, N. C. Troops, In-

fantry.”

SoMERVILLE, TENN.,
15 November, 1900.

It may not be amiss to add that Corporal Cullen is reported
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